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A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



c. Calyx lobes valvate. . . . 



D. Petals 30. Rodgeesia. 



DD. Petiils 5. defiduous : 



stamens 5 or 10... .31. Boykinia. 

 cc. Calyx lobes imbricate.. 

 D. Styles erect ; petals 

 5 or : stamens 8 



or 10 32. ASTILBE. 



DD. Styles mostly re- 

 curved in frnit : 

 petals 5 .'io. Saxifhaga. 



5.5. CR.^SSULACE.E. 



A. Stamens usually as many 



as tbe petals 



B. Petals tree or connate 

 only at the base : tioral 



parts in 5's. 1. Cbassula. 



BB. Petals usually connate to 



the middle or beyond. . 



c. Calyx bell-shaped, as 



long as the corolla 



tube 2. GliAMMANTHES. 



cc. Calyx many times 

 shorter than the cor- 

 olla tube 3. RocHEA. 



AA. Stamens usually twice as 



many as tbe petals 



B. Petals free or connate 



only at the very base. . 



C. Fls. usually 4-3-merous 4. Sedum. 



cc. Fls. 6-merous or more..O. Sempeevivcm. 



EB. Petals usually connate to 



the middle or beyond.. . 



c. Calyx large, inflated. 



shortly 4-fid fi. BnYOPHYLLUM. 



cc. Calyx 4-parted 7. Kalanchoe. 



ccc. Calyx 5-parted S. Cotyledo.x. 



56. UAMAMELIDACE.E. 



A. Ovary locules 1-ovuled. . . . 



B. Petals 



c. Lys. evergreen ; stamens 

 2-8, the connective 

 elongated : ovary 



superior 1. Distylium. 



cc. Lvs. deciduous 



D. Stamens 5-7 2. PARRriTiA. 



DD. Stamens about 24. ..3. Fotheegilla. 

 BB. Petals as many as calyx 



lobes 



c. Fls. borne in catkins, 5- 



merous 4. Corylopsis. 



cc. Fls. not borne in cat- 

 kins, 4-merous 3. Hamamelis. 



AA. Ovary locules 2- or more 



ovuled 



B. Fls. unisexual G. Liquidambar. 



BB. Fls. hermaphrodite 



c. The fls. 5, in a head, 

 surrounded by an in- 

 volucre of which tbe 

 outer bracts are 

 small, tbe inner 

 gradually larger. ...7. Rhodoleia. 

 cc. The fls. 2 together with 

 very short bracts at 

 the base 8. Disanthcs. 



57. BRDNIACE.T3. 



Ovary 3-locuIed : petals not 



connate into a tube 1. ArtDOtiixiA. 



(See article Diosma.) 



58. halor.\gace.t:. 



A. Stamens 1-2 : calyx 3-4- 



lobed : ovary 1-loculed. . . . 1. Guxxera. 

 AA. Stamens;2-8 : calyx truncate 

 or 4-tootbed : ovary deep- 

 ly 2 or 4-grooved. ' 2. Myeiophyllum. 



59. RniZOPnORACE.i:. 



style 1 : embryo not albumin- 

 ous : calyx 4-merous. ... 1. Rhizophora. 



60. COMBRETACE.13. 



A. Petals : calyx tube not pro- 

 duced beyond ovary 1. Terminalia, 



AA. Petals 5 ())in a few species 



of Combretum) 



B. Calyx tube straight, con- 

 stricted above ovary... 

 c. Cotyledons convolute. .. 2. Poivrea. 

 cc. Cotyledons deeply fur- 

 rowed or twisted and 



plaited 3. Co.mbretum. 



BB. Calyx tube produced to 

 a great length beyond 

 the ovary 4. Quisqualis. 



61. MYRTACE.T3. 



A. Ovary 1-loculed 1. Theyptomene. 



AA. Ovary 2— or more loculed. 



B. Fr. a capsule which is 



loculicidally dehiscent 



at apex, rarely 1-2- 



seeded and subindehis- 



cent 



c. Anthers basiflxed 2 Calothamnos. 



cc. Anthers versatile 



D. Individual fls. pedi- 



celled 



E. Stamens 5-adelpb- 



ous 3. Teistania. 



EE. Stamens free 



F. Fls. in globose 



heads. 4. Syxcaepia. 



FF. Fls. in forking 



cymes 5. Metrosidebos. 



DD. Individual fls. not 



pedicelled. 



B. Fls. solitary in tlie 

 axils of tbe floral 

 lvs. or bracts. . . 

 F. Stamens free, not 

 larger than pet- 

 als 6. Lepto.spermdm. 



FF. Stamens free, 



long-exserted.. .7. Callistemon. 

 FFF. stamens in clus- 

 ters 8. JlELALEDCA. 



EE. Fls. in cymose or 



nmliellate heads.. 



F. Petals distinct. . . 



FF. Petals wanting^. Angophora. 



(or adnate to 



the calyx lidK.lO- Eucalyptus. 

 BB. Fr. a berry or rarely an 

 indehiscent drupe : lvs. 



opposite, punctate 



c. stamens straightish in 



tbe bud: seeds albu-.. „ 



mlnous 11- Feijoa. 



cc. Stamens inflexed or In- 

 volute in the bud : 

 seeds not albumin- 

 ous 



D. Calyx limb closed in 



hud, deeply divided,- „ 



in anthesis ^-- PsiDiUM. 



DD. Calyx 4-5-lobed or 

 parted in the bud, 

 not cut deeper in 



anthesis ,„ ^ 



e. Ovules pendulous., .l-*- Pi"ENTA. 

 EE. Ovules not pendu- 

 lous 



F. Embryo thick and, , p,„„„,, 



fleshy "• EUGENIA. 



FP. Embryo curved, 

 circular or spir- 

 al. 

 G. Ovary 2-3. rare- 

 ly 4-Ioculed ; 

 locules with 

 indefinite no. 

 of ovules. ... 15. Myetus. 

 GG. Ovary theoreti- 

 cally l-3-lo- 

 culed, but lo- 

 cules divided 

 by spurious 

 septa, the 

 numerous lo- 

 cellse 1-seed- 

 ed 16. Rhodomyrtus, 



